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Following the Coronavirus

Omicron Subvariant Found In Ohio, Berkeley Counties

State officials announced Friday that a subvariant of the COVID-19 virus’ omicron variant has been found in West Virginia, specifically in Ohio and Berkeley counties. West Virginia’s coronavirus “czar” Dr. Clay Marsh, said the Mountain State joins about half the states in the country ...

AP source: US urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID shots

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February, a ...

Justice To Ask For Waiver For Rural Hospitals For COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said he's joining with his counterparts in Tennessee and Virginia to request a waiver for rural hospitals from a vaccine mandate for health care providers receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding. "It is putting an additional level of strain on our ...

Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults

Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original shots. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study on Tuesday. COVID-19 vaccine-makers have been updating their ...

Omicron Variant Recorded In Ohio County

The omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has officially made its way into Ohio County. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources COVID-19 dashboard is reporting two omicron cases in the county. Wheeling-Ohio County Health Administrator Howard Gamble said Tuesday those two ...